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Show WAGES FOR HARVEST LABOR Prices Vary in Different Counties in Kansas Labor Problem Greatest in Wheat Belt. Kansas state farm bureau has just finished making a survey to find out what farmers over the state are figuring figur-ing on paying for harvest labor this year. A referendum was sent to all county agents and all farm bureau officers of-ficers in thD state. They were asked to gather the information from their farmer neighbors and report to the bureau. l'rioes in the different counties in the eastern third of the state range from $1.50 per day to $3.50 per day for single men, with a general average aver-age of $2.75 per day. In the big wheat belt in south central cen-tral Kansas, where the problem of harvest labor is greatest, prices range from $2.50 per day to $4.00. The majority of replies stated that 3.00 to $3.50 would be paid in the big wheat belt. A few believe wages for harvest labor would be as low as $2.50. The average for the big wheat belt, as given in replies to the questionnaire, was $3.30 per day. Iteports from the northwest corner of the state, which is a distinct harvest har-vest section by itself, show that farmers farm-ers there are expecting to pay from $2.50 to $4.00 per day, with an average of $3.50. The eastern third of the state never has trouble in getting plenty of harvest hands. The amount of wheat raised there Is not so great as in the south central section of the state and harvest wages are always lower in the eastern part of the state. It is probable that very few hands will have fo be Imported to handle the crop in this section of the state. In the south central section of the state, however, a large number of hands will have to be Imported. Many of these will flow out of Oklahoma, following the harvest. The Kansas harvest usually ripens a week or two later than that in Oklahoma and hands traveling northward, after the Oklahoma harvest, usually find the i Kansas harvest at its crest in the south central counties. Much of the Kansas wheat has been abandoned and the hind placed to other crops. However, the wheat Is reported good In tUe south central comities with very little abandoned. It is prohaMe that from 300 lo 2,000 extra hands will be needed In each of the big wheat counties In this section. |
